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URL Compression Test

This tool checks your server to see if it is sending out compressed data. It checks for compression via mod_gzip, mod_deflate, or any server-side language that does content compression. Enter the address of a specific page or file to check.

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Browser Compression Compatibility

Only browsers that request compressed content will get it. We can also check to see if your browser is asking for compressed content.

Yes, Your Browser is Requesting Compressed Content

Compress Your Content

Compressing your content saves bandwidth and improves render time, particular on devices with slow internet connections. But it also reduces load on your server. While it does take some amount of computer power to compress files on the fly, you save much more power by having your server doing fewer things at once. It takes a lot less time to transfer files that are smaller. Your server is therefor, at any given time, maintaining far fewer open connections. There really is no down-side to enabling some form of HTTP compression.

The best way to enable this compression, is by using mod_deflate or mod_gzip. You can use them to automatically compress all HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XML content. And even SVG images, which are a form of xml. If your server is not configured to compress content, and you are unable to change that, there is an alternative. It only applies to HTML, but you can add one simple line of PHP to the top of your documents, to let PHP gzip the HTML on the fly.

Simply add this line to the top of your PHP documents:
<? ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); ?>It has to be inserted before any content is outputted. It's not as efficient as mod_deflate, but it still works well and saves a ton of bandwidth and processor power.